Hannah McGivern
Top five museum acquisitions of the month
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from Dorothea Tanning's Surrealist terrier to vintage prints by Vivian Maier
Tim Marlow leaves Royal Academy of Arts to head London’s Design Museum
Announcement of RA artistic director's new appointment comes after Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black stepped down as co-directors
Uffizi's Eike Schmidt reveals why he cancelled move to Kunsthistorisches Museum at the eleventh hour
Uffizi director says he is able to pursue reforms at Florence museum under Italy's new centre-left government
'I have a work made of mortadella': inside the collection of Gemma De Angelis Testa
The private collector tells us about her dreams for her own museum and the difficulty of maintaining her food art
Woven: a special section at Frieze London links traditional influences with contemporary textile art
Eight solo gallery presentations explore textiles, from knotted biomorphic hemp forms to Bauhaus-inspired geometric compositions in silk, cotton and paper at this year's fair
Beyond the Metaphysical: Milan show aims to reassess Giorgio de Chirico's late period
Major survey at Palazzo Reale will include his "most difficult" works as well as early pieces that inspired the Surrealists
Louvre to train refugees as tour guides with funds from Saudi foundation
Supported by undisclosed donation from Alwaleed Philanthropies, French museum’s newly renovated Islamic galleries reopened in full this week
Monumental Veronese painting—once cut into 32 pieces by Austrian soldiers—to undergo fourth restoration
Work on the battle-scarred 39 sq. m Papal feast scene, housed in a monastery in Vicenza, should be completed by early 2021
Top five acquisitions of the month
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections—from a compendium of African American history to the vast archive of an expelled Surrealist
Science provides first deep dive into overlooked female Old Master Lavinia Fontana's work
After a grant enabled conservation on a much-loved painting, researchers at the National Gallery of Ireland are learning more about the artist’s technique
Whitney Museum vice chairman Warren Kanders steps down after months of protests
His company Safariland has been criticised for manufacturing tear gas canisters that have been used on asylum seekers along the US-Mexico border
Marisa Merz, only woman linked to Arte Povera group, dies aged 93
The intensely private artist won the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 2013 Venice Biennale
A new series of waterfront commissions boosts Southeast England's artistic renaissance
Site-specific works by artists such as Michael Rakowitz and Holly Hendry are planned as part of the Creative Coast initiative led by Turner Contemporary and Visit Kent
Moscow Kremlin Museums say ‘bravo!’ to restorers
State regalia, Russian icons and decorative pistols go on show in exhibition celebrating the hidden craft of conservation
Top five acquisitions of the month
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide—from Lee Krasner's record-setting painting to a Hogarth conversation piece
'Game-changer' museum to open in Istanbul in time for city's biennial
Turkish non-profit contemporary art space Arter is relocating to a state-of-the-art exhibition space in Dolapdere district
Red Regatta: public art sets sail across Venice lagoon
Artist Melissa McGill teams up with Venetian sailors to celebrate maritime tradition in face of mass tourism and climate change
Plan to merge Uffizi and Accademia in Florence stokes row over Italian museums reform
Critics say the move by Italy's populist coalition government will compromise the autonomy of museums
Three exhibitions to see in Basel this weekend
From the towering ambitions of a young Picasso to Rebecca Horn's Body Fantasies
Art Basel Messeplatz artist Alexandra Pirici demands compensation for underpaid performers
The system of dividends is a way to address the "immense amounts of unpaid or underpaid labour" that support the art world, she says
In pictures: melancholy fountain, curtain call and a broom with a view at Art Basel's Unlimited
Curator Gianni Jetzer shares the highlights of his eighth—and final— edition
Interview: Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz on dancing in the Swiss pavilion
The duo explain why their Venice Biennale presentation Moving Backwards is actually a step forward
Art meets dance in Alexandra Pirici's living time capsule at Art Basel
Sixty dancers will enact "performative environment" on the Messeplatz in Basel every day this week
Collector’s Eye: Bérengère Primat
The French collector tells us about her new foundation of Aboriginal art and why she resists the collecting mentality
Rotting 17th century wooden sculpture renovated by Norfolk Museums
The former nightclub 'doorman' is now on display at the Museum of Norwich.
Top five acquisitions in June
Our pick of the most significant new gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Damien Hirst's placemat portraits to Nari Ward's recycled shoelace installation
Alinari, world’s oldest photography agency, faces crisis
As Fratelli Alinari vacates its Italian headquarters, there are hopes that Tuscan government will rescue the historic collection
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a major survey of Abstract Expressionist Lee Krasner at the Barbican, to rooftop sculptures at Bold Tendencies in Peckham
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the largest Leonardo da Vinci show in half a century, at the Queen's Gallery, to the first retrospective of Luchita Hurtado at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery
Venice Biennale 2019: the must-see pavilions around the city
An indoor beach, Mongolian throat singing and ceramic vaginas—where to go beyond the Arsenale and Giardini